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This paper describes cross-cultural tests of several explanations of multilocal residence (the co-occurrence of any two or more fairly frequent patterns of consanguineal residence). The cross-cultural evidence supports the interpretation that depopulation may compel couples in noncommercial societies to practice more than one pattern of consanguineal residence in order to have kin with whom to live and work.
Ember et al. (Fri,) studied this question.